LSS central MN basic center program will serve runaway and homeless youth with outreach, case management, home-based services, basic needs and temporary emergency shelter for youth under age 18. - the…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $700,000 to Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) to serve runaway and homeless youth under age 18 in Central Minnesota.

The recipient will deliver outreach, case management, home-based services, basic needs assistance, and temporary emergency shelter. Services include emergency shelter (up to 21 days per youth), food, clothing, crisis counseling, health care referrals, and family reunification or alternative placement support. The program targets youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced to leave, or lack safe living arrangements and would otherwise contact law enforcement or enter child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

The award runs through September 29, 2028, with place of performance in Minnesota. This is the first of a three-year project period with three 12-month budget periods. The Basic Center Program provides assistance through 12-month noncompeting continuations annually, contingent on fund availability, satisfactory progress, compliance with award terms, and federal determination that continuation funding serves the government's interest.

LSS central MN basic center program will serve runaway and homeless youth with outreach, case management, home-based services, basic needs and temporary emergency shelter for youth under age 18. - the basic center program (BCP) (CY) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. Bcps work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Bcps provide youth under 18 years of age with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. Bcps can provide up to 21 days of shelter for youth and seek to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements.